Cole Marino is a conductor, baritone, and keyboardist. As a vocalist, he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the New York Oratorio Society, and Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, among others. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2019 as a soloist in Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. He has had the pleasure to work with such esteemed conductors as Vladimir Jurowski, Jane Glover, Roderick Cox, Robert Spano, Hugh Wolf, James Conlon, Ken-David Masur, Kent Tritle, Eric Milnes, Simon Halsey, Steven Reineke, and George Manahan. In 2023, Cole founded the Vermont Contemporary Chamber Collective, an ensemble dedicated to promoting the diversity and breadth of the chamber repertoire, and currently serves as the organization’s Artistic Director. Cole was appointed music director of Vermont Choral Union in 2026, after serving as the choir’s assistant director for two years. In addition to his directing work, Marino is an active member of several choirs, including Montreal’s L’Harmonie des saisons.

Music direction highlights include Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (VCU, 2026), Bach’s Cantata BWV 211, “Kafee Kantata” (VCCC 2023, 2025); Copland’s chamber ballet Appalachian Spring (VCCC 2022); and Into the Woods (Lyric Theatre Company 2022). Cole’s musical passions span from the likes of J.S. Bach to John Cage, Stephen Sondheim, and beyond, and he ardently believes that one’s musical life should transcend the conventional boundaries of genre, form, and tradition. Cole graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in 2020, where he studied voice with Mignon Dunn.